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| Labour's Emily Thornberry brands Donald Trump a 'racist' who does not understand trade deals | Labour's Emily Thornberry brands Donald Trump a 'racist' who does not understand trade deals |
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| Labour's Emily Thornberry has branded Donald Trump "a racist" and compared his presidency to "an asteroid of awfulness" that has befallen the world. | Labour's Emily Thornberry has branded Donald Trump "a racist" and compared his presidency to "an asteroid of awfulness" that has befallen the world. |
| The shadow foreign secretary said it was wrong for Theresa May to offer the US president a state visit and said Londoners and the rest of Britain were repelled by his views. | |
| It comes after Mr Trump confirmed he will not open the new US embassy next month, blaming the Obama administration's decision to move it to an "off location" in a "bad deal". | It comes after Mr Trump confirmed he will not open the new US embassy next month, blaming the Obama administration's decision to move it to an "off location" in a "bad deal". |
| Ms Thornberry said it was clear that Mr Trump "did not understand" how trade deals work, when he said it would be easy to do a deal with the UK within weeks. | Ms Thornberry said it was clear that Mr Trump "did not understand" how trade deals work, when he said it would be easy to do a deal with the UK within weeks. |
| She told BBC's Andrew Marr Show: "I don't want him to come to the country. I don't think that he should have been given an invitation in the way that he was. That it was wrong for Theresa May to so prematurely give him a state visit. | |
| "I think that it embarrasses the Queen. I think that it is humiliation for her. I think it is wrong to have brought her into this in this way. | |
| "It is very difficult once an invitation for a state visit has been made to withdraw it. Only the Queen can withdraw it and I don't want to put her in that embarrassing position. | |
| "I think though that the Government can give advice to Washington, and can say that we have to have security considerations. There will be major demonstrations. | |
| "He did at one stage say he didn't want to come to Britain until the British had learned to love him and I was quite relaxed about that." | |
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